Safety-stirrup



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM LEROHEN, OF MONTROSE, COLORADO.

SAFETY-STIRRUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,144, dated October5. 1886. Application filed July 22, 1886. Serial No. $308,738. (Xomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W ILLTAM LERCHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montrose, in the county of Montrose and State of (lolorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetvSthJrups; andI do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specificzr tion.

This invention relates to improvements in safety-stirrups forriding-saddles; and it consists in the novel construction andarrangement of devices hereinafter fully explained, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Theannexed drawings, to which reference is made, full illustrate myinvention. in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of mysatety-stirrup. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is also aperspective view, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view.

Referring by letter to the aeconr iianying drawings, A designates thestirrup, which con sisls of two portions, a u, hinged to one another attheir lower end, as shown at b. This stirrup is provided with an upperand lower cross-bar, c d, the same being rigidly secured to the portiona, while the free ends 6 c, of which engage perforations ff formed inthe upper end of the portion a, as shown. Upon these bars are sleeves gg, the former of which is secured to its bar by a screw, h, and thelatter is retained in position by a pin, h, on the lower bar, thuspreventing the sleeves from separatingl'rom their cross-bars.

B represents a locking-lever designed to keep the stirrup in properposition when the riders foot is therein. and should he be thrown by theanimal this lever comesinto play and permits the stirrup to open andallow the foot to be readily withdrawn, and it is constructed in thefollowing manner.

C O indicate two arms, which are curved at i, and are perforated attheir upper ends to receive the top cross-bar and upon which they arepivoted. At the lower end of these bars is a roller, which revolvesloosely on a cross bar, k, that connects the two ends of the arms to oneanother, as shown in the drawings. One of these arms C is provided withbent locking-plate Z, which engages a notch, or, in the end of the lowercrossbar aforesaid, and when so engaged firmly holds the two halves orportions of the stirrup to one another; but should an accident occur andthe rider to thrown from the back of an animal, his foot would come incontact with the roller on the lower end of pivoted lever, when thelatter would be forced rearwardly and swing on its pivoted ends, at thesame time the lockingplate would be withdrawn -l'rom engagement with thenotch on the end of the lower crossbar, thus permitting the two halvesor portions at a to separate and release the foot of the person. Thesleeves on the crossbars serve as shoulders for the latter, and the pinon the lower bar and the screw .in the upper keep said sleeves in placewhen the stirrup is open. It will thus be seen that with my stirrup therider cannot get? his foot fast therein, as the pressure on the rollerinstantly releases the two hinged portions and allows them to separate,at the same time it is durable, easily o 'ierated, and cheap tomanufacture.

Havingl'lescribed my invention, whatl claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a riding-stirrup, the combination with the hinged sections of thetripping-lever pro vided with the locking-plate, the eross-bar providedwith the notch in said plate, adapted to engage the notch in thecrossbar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The stirrup described, consisting of the twin sections a a, hinged toone another, one section having perlorations atits upper end,and theopposite section provided with the cross bars. the bar (Z being providedwith the notch in, the ends ofthc bars engaging said perforations, andthe sleeves rcmovably secured to these bars, as shown, the hinged orpivoted lever provided with the roller at its lower end, and with thebentlocking-plate secured to one arm thereof, and designed to engage thenotch in the end of the lower cross-bar of the stirru p, as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM LEROHFN.

Vitnesscs:

W. IVIARCHANT, WM. Borer.

